Swim Lesson

An introduction to a series about social conditions in Honduras

20 Tammi 20190s

Ruth Pena and her daughter, from El Salvador, at the beach in Tijuana. That’s the border wall in the background. Donate The outfield at the ball park in Tijuana. Near second base at the ball park in Tijuana. Scar from eight bullets on the thigh of one of the Honduran men. Leaving the ball park. Standing in line for breakfast outside the ball park. Inside one of the Evangelical refuges in the hills surrounding Tijuana. Outside one of the Evangelical refuges in the hills surrounding Tijuana.

22 Joulu 20180s

A sticker on one of the steel columns of the border wall south of Las Cruces, NM. Donate Another sticker on the wall,south of Las Cruces. Katie Davis and Molly Molloy at the wall south of Las Cruces.

12 Joulu 20180s

Juana and Estela talk about why they left their homes in Guatemala to seek asylum in the United States.

4 Joulu 20180s

Immigrants crossing the border near Agua Prieta, Sonora, 2005. Photo by Julian Cardona. Welcome to Season Two of Home of the Brave. This is the first of a series about the US/Mexico border and the present immigration situation. For background, I replay an interview with Charles Bowden recorded just a couple hundred yards from the barbed wire fence separating the two countries in the spring of 2005. Donate Migrants from Mexico crossing into the United States at the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge near Sasabe, Arizona, 2005. Photo by Julian Cardona. The best place for books by Charles Bowden is Ken Sanders Rare Books in Salt Lake City. They ship all over the world.

14 Marras 20180s

I need to take a break so let's call this the end of season one. And I'd like to play the second story I produced for the show, an interview with Alex Chadwick. Thank you very much for your support. I'm going to turn off the subscription service (Pay Pal), but you can still donate and buy tee-shirts, tote bags, and patches. I hope to be back soon. Music: Slow Bicycle by Mum.

8 Touko 20180s

Erica Heilman produces Rumble Strip from her home in Calais, Vermont. I like it because I never know what she's going to do next. This is a satire about modern life in America. Donate

27 Huhti 20180s

Collage by Charles Hope From following the news lately I feel like I don't know who to believe or who to trust, like I don't know what's going on or why and things are only going to get worse and there's nothing I can do about it. In times like this maybe surrealistic poetry and Dada make more sense than realism. Donate Collage by Charles Hope

18 Huhti 20180s